absolutive case
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It is catalogued under the topic Grammatical cases.
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Encyclopedic overview
In grammar, the absolutive case (abbreviated abs) is the case of nouns in ergative–absolutive languages that would generally be the subjects of intransitive verbs or the objects of transitive verbs in the translational equivalents of nominative–accusative languages such as English.
In ergative–absolutive languages
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